WElc0me to Week 4
Please print off the PDF sheets for you next session and see if you can keep up with the 90BPM Finger Gym exercise. Remember to revisit week 1-3 when you carry out your home practice.
Finger Gym 1 @ 90BPM
FINGER PICKING PATTERN
This pattern is known as the 'inside out' finger picking pattern and works well on a number of UCL arrangements. The 3/4 pattern can also be made into triplets on songs like YNWA and the 4/4 pattern is used in Common People.
12 Bar Blues in C
The 12 BAR BLUES features 3 chords from the 1st, 4th and 5th position of the C scale... more about that later!! This blues progression can be heard in tonnes of songs and also features in Cat Peoples "Doss About Blues" Have a listen to the audio below to help grasp the basics. There are more additions such as the turnaround and some alternative chords to explore too.
C Major Scale [recap]
Here's a recap of the C Major Scale that you explored at Level 1. Next week we will explore the D Major scale and one pattern that will enable you to move it about to play all other Major Scales.